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<h2>MedGPA</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Medical school admission status and information on GPA and standardized test scores
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataset with 55 observations on the following 11 variables.
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    <code>Accept</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Status: <code>A</code>=accepted to medical school or  <code>D</code>=denied admission</td>
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    <code>Acceptance</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Indicator for Accept:  <code>1</code>=accepted or <code>0</code>=denied</td>
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    <code>Sex</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> <code>F</code>=female or  <code>M</code>=male</td>
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    <code>BCPM</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Bio/Chem/Physics/Math grade point average</td>
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    <code>GPA</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> College grade point average</td>
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    <code>VR</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Verbal reasoning (subscore)</td>
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    <code>PS</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Physical sciences (subscore)</td>
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    <code>WS</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Writing sample (subcore)</td>
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    <code>BS</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Biological sciences (subscore)</td>
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    <code>MCAT</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Score on the MCAT exam (sum of CR+PS+WS+BS)</td>
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    <code>Apps</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Number of medical schools applied to</td>
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<h3>Details</h3>

<p>This dataset has information gathered on 55 medical school applicants
from a liberal arts college in the Midwest. 
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Data collected at a midwestern liberal arts college.
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